This weeks tournament will be Team Fortress 2 for all those guys that didn't pick up most of the achievements the first time we did it. Hopefully we'll have at least 8 people available so everyone can get their With Friends Like These achievement.

This weeks tournament will be Battlefield 1943. Due to the recent half price holiday deal, we should have a few new people with the game, so we will also work on any achievements anyone needs (as they're all easy) as well as working towards the 100 games for anyone that doesn't already have it...

OK, so we were talking and decided that it'd be easier to arrange to play with potential new members of the group to check them out (as it were), by inviting them to play in our regular tournies alongside us.

Tourney-director Yunder explains it pretty well, so I'll quote him here:"Dave and myself have decided to make the VLA tournaments a 'Try-out' for new members as well. Considering it's hard for new members to arrange games with existing members, we thought it would be easier for newbies to get acquainted with VLA members. We'll check them out, see how they play, and if there are no objections, then an invite will be sent. If there are objections, however, they will be dealt with. ;)"

Obviously, VLA members take priority over potentials, so if it looks like we will have a full game/lobby and there will be extra people, existing members will be invited in first, then newbies take up any remaining slots! :)

Lastly, I've added a sentence on the rules page just to confirm this, so anybody looking to join who happens to browse the site will be aware of this 'procedure'!

OK, so this weeks tournament has been decided on: It's Battlefield: Bad Company! We will be generally playing the game, and also boosting the There Is No I In Squad achievement for anyone who doesn't already have it.